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UPMC Cutoff Dates for ON and OFF Exchange for 2/1/2015 Effective Date Details for cutoff dates regarding the February 1st effective date. Click here to read more. Capital BlueCross UPDATE Per Member Rate Calculation The Producer Bulletin has been updated for 2015 to include the current Age Band Rate Sheet Sample and additional information on rate calculation with off anniversary benefit changes. Click here to read more. Assurant Important notice regarding commission changes Assurant Health has made the decision to reduce individual major medical commissions in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Texas to 0% for new business. Click here to read more. Aetna Plan Design Documents (PDD) tool for Small Group now available on Producer World Producer World is a valuable resource with a wealth of tools, materials and information to help you sell Aetna business. The newest addition to Producer World is the Plan Design Documents (PDD) tool. This tool will allow you to pull a more thorough Summary of Benefits for small group plans. Click here to read more. Highmark Agency Action Alert - Jan. 14, 2015 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Off-exchange enrollment deadline extended for Feb. 1 effective dates, Martin Luther King Jr. Day hours of operation, Highmark's Quality Blue program helps hospitals reduce readmissions and infections for members. Click here to read more.
Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call In a continuing effort to assist our agent-partners in getting the information needed to flourish within the under 65 group and individual markets in Pennsylvania, we are holding weekly live webinars. They will serve as a place to get your questions answered and discuss topics and strategies that will lead to your continued success in the health insurance market. Click here to register. Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives Click here to view the archived recordings of the PPACA Conference Calls.
Broker licensing bill signed into law Brokers’ lives are (hopefully) about to get a little easier. President Obama late Monday signed into law a bill re-establishing the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, which aims to ease the ability of brokers to sell insurance in states across the United States. Click here to read more. Reports of progress in Highmark, UPMC ‘continuity of care’ talks Highmark and UPMC are making progress in coming up with a shared idea of “continuity of care,” a term that will determine how many Highmark commercial insurance members can continue seeing UPMC doctors at in-network rates, a Highmark spokesman said Friday. Click here to read more. Wolf names Miller next Pennsylvania insurance commissioner Governor-elect Tom Wolf has named Teresa Miller, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of a large national law firm and previous government official who helped implement the Affordable Care Act, as the commonwealth’s next Insurance Commissioner. Click here to read more. Casey, Toomey co-sponsor bill to repeal medical-device tax Pennsylvania's Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey on Tuesday cosponsored a bill that would repeal the medical device tax, which was enacted to help fund health care reform. Click here to read more.
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